Category Archives: media

Charlie Brooker and the Spooky Coincidence

Posted on December 30, 2007 by blogmywiki

I got Dawn of the Dumb, Charlie Brooker’s collection of Guardian columns for Christmas, and I’ve been chuckling my way through it since the big day. This despite the fact that I’m clearly the sort of person Mr Brooker would … Continue reading →

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Copyrights and wrongs

Posted on December 14, 2007 by blogmywiki

I’m having an odd argument with Spreadshirt, the normally excellent T-shirt company. I have a Spreadshirt shop – it’s a pretty easy way of making a little bit of money from designing logos and artwork. But now they’ve pulled one … Continue reading →

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Asthma Poet

Posted on November 18, 2007 by blogmywiki

I was going to write about asthma, but then realised that someone’s been there already and he can’t be beat. For me, the poet of asthma is not Proust, it is not even Fedinand Mount. It’s Bruce Robinson, in the … Continue reading →

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Happiness is warm cola

Posted on November 4, 2007 by blogmywiki

They were handing out free Mentos at Charing Cross the other week – I couldn’t resist introducing them to some diet cola… A colleague had tried it with no luck, so perhaps the trick is to do as we did, … Continue reading →

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Turned out nice

Posted on November 1, 2007 by blogmywiki

Two nice things happened to me today. The doctor’s receptionist casually mentioned in passing that my chest x-ray was normal. I’ve been dreading the result for weeks… Alone in a lift at work, the door opens… and Alan Johnston walked … Continue reading →

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